Tag: healthcare
‘It’s not coming out’: Bernie Sanders stands firm on Medicare expansion
Sanders and other progressives have spent months defending the provisions in the $3.5 trillion, 10-year investment in climate action and social supports for lower- and middle-income families.
Why do Europeans live longer than Americans?
Over a generation ago, in a more equal United States, no one had to ask that question.
What will be the future of healthcare in the aftermath of...
The pandemic has made us more prepared and strengthened the healthcare system against any future global crises.
On Medicare’s 56th birthday, activists deliver 125,000+ petitions urging Congress to...
"We need Medicare for All. In fact, we needed Medicare for All yesterday."
Sanders, Warren lead call for Biden to embrace ‘historic’ Medicare expansion
"Voters delivered us governing majorities and now we must deliver for them on health care policies that are not only urgent but wildly popular."
PPE may save human lives, but it’s deadly for wildlife
Welcome to the world’s new pollution problem.
Women’s pain is routinely underestimated, and gender stereotypes are to blame—new...
A new study has found gender stereotypes are particularly decisive in the estimation of patients’ pain.
Lancet report: 40% of US COVID deaths were preventable. The country...
One of the report’s recommendations is reforming the system to a single-payer model like Medicare for All, which President Joe Biden has so far rejected in favor of bolstering the Affordable Care Act.
Medicare for All the ‘only way forward’, concludes Lancet panel in...
“Trump’s disastrous actions compounded longstanding failures in health policy in the USA. We know what it will take to create a healthy society. We just need the political will to do it.”
‘Seems like a good policy!’ CBO shows Medicare for All could...
"A large share of Medicare administrative costs are tied up in tasks like eligibility determination... that would no longer exist in a Medicare for All system."
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Education Department changes are leaving millions of vulnerable students at risk
Moving special education services and civil rights enforcement to other federal agencies has left families wondering what's next.
More than 770,000 children are no longer receiving SNAP benefits after Trump changes Federal...
Republican backers of Trump’s signature domestic policy bill repeatedly claimed that revisions to the food benefits program wouldn’t affect the most vulnerable. But reports from a dozen states show children are losing access.
Japan and South Korea: An alliance of middle powers?
Hedging their bets against Donald Trump is pushing the two countries together.
The Trump administration aims to penalize disabled adults who live with their families
A rule change pushed by White House officials would slash benefits or end support for as many as 400,000 Supplemental Security Income recipients.
The persistence of ‘Israel First’
Trump’s Middle East record reveals the short life of “America First.”